Episode 3008

Oscar and his Grouch friends sing "The Grouch Explorers" at his trash can, about the adventures they all like (or dislike) going on together. One grouch exclaims that his favorite was climbing Mt. Everest in his underwear.

Cartoon

Abstract count to 15

Film

A blind class goes on a field trip downtown, and visits a produce stand.(EKA: Episode 2822)

A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.(EKA: Episode 0824)

SCENE 1

In Maria's apartment, Elmo sticks around as Maria and Gabi help set up Roxie Marie's new toy, which Elmo is going to guess (along with the viewer). It's got wheels, tracks and signals, and it requires a certain hat. It's a train set!

Sesame Street News FlashA princess claims that she will kiss anyone who has small ears, a funny voice, and bulgy eyes, wears a hat and coat, and is a frog. Kermit is the only one who fits that description, so she kisses him and, in a puff of smoke, she turns into a frog. Kermit invites her to "the hop", and she accepts.(EKA: Episode 0952)

Maria and Elmo are impressed with Roxie's new train set. It originally belonged to her uncle, and she got the additional accessories and scenery with money from doing chores (and/or made them herself). Elmo learns about the parts of a train.

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Roxie tells Maria to fire up the controls, and everyone watches in amazement as the train goes around the tracks. Roxie then wants Maria to stop the train, because they've got a lot more train tracks to set up.

The train tracks have been extended to a farther end of the room, close to the curtains, thanks to the cooperation of Elmo, Roxie, Maria, Gabi, three other kids, and Slimey. Maria shows Elmo how to make the train move forwards and backwards, then fast and slow. Elmo then wants a turn, and so does Slimey - Slimey will ride the train, while Elmo controls it.

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Maria isn't sure Slimey wants to go that fast on the train, but Elmo thinks he should go faster. Roxie then interjects that they need more track, and enlists Elmo's help.

Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait.(EKA: Episode 2601)

By now, the trail of train tracks takes up about 3/4 of the whole room! Roxie tells Slimey to prepare for the ride of a lifetime, but first he needs to go on a test run. The train goes around a mountain, over a bridge, and through a tunnel.

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When the train stops, they notice Slimey isn't on it! As it turns out, he left to recruit some of his worm pals for an exciting train ride! Everyone enjoys watching the worms go around and around on the tracks.